Father Short came down the lane
This old nursery rhyme is called “Father Short came down the lane” — enjoy your reading!
“Father Short came down the lane,
Oh! I'm obliged to hammer and smite
From four in the morning till eight at night,
For a bad master, and a worse dame.”
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